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Raspberry Vinegar, and its uses.
Put two pounds of raspberries in a large bowl, and pour on them two quarts of
white-wine vinegar; the next day, strain the liquor on two pounds of fresh
raspberries; let this stand a day, and strain it into a stone jar; to each pint
of the liquor put a pound of loaf sugar; stir till it is dissolved, and put the
jar in a sauce-pan of water, which keep boiling for an hour; skim it, and bottle
it when cold. This is used not only as a refreshing drink, mixed with water, but
is said to be of use in complaints of the chest. No glazed or metal vessels
should be used in making it.
Spruce Beer.
Boil some spruce boughs with some wheat bran, till it tastes sufficiently of the
spruce; bruise some alspice, and put in; strain it, and put two quarts of
molasses to half a barrel; when it is nearly cold, put in half a pint of yeast;
after it has worked sufficiently, bung up the barrel.
To Make Two Gallons of Beer.
Put two pounds of brown sugar in a jug, with a heaped spoonful of ginger, and a
pint of strong hop tea; pour in a gallon and a half of warm water, and a tea-cup
of yeast; leave out the cork a day--then fasten it up, and set it in a cool
place; or if you bottle it, put two or three raisins in each bottle.
Harvest Beer.
To make fifteen gallons of beer, put into a keg three pints of yeast, three
pints of molasses, and two gallons of cold water; mix it well, and let it stand
a few minutes; then take three quarts of molasses, and three
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